Riding in Cars with Babes

This photo is a rare moment for Squeaks. If one more person tells me to put her in her car seat and take her for a ride to get her to sleep I will make them come ride around town with her. That will teach 'em! It is an ordeal to say the least. Before leaving one must make sure the bebe has been fed. That would mean we can only leave the house between 10-11 and 1-4. Next one MUST ensure that the little one is falling asleep or actually sleeping. Once in the seat a quick round up of items and out the door we go. If I make it this far without her screaming I am doing good. Unfortunately after dropping off Daddy at work yesterday from a long afternoon at Lowe's the Squeaks wasn't sleeping. She then began whining and being a good mommy :) I pulled over and gave her the wubby. This lasted a good 2 seconds and she spit it out just so she could scream. We made it about 5 minutes and Mommy couldn't take it (imagining she must think she is abandoned and we don't love her) and pulled over into a parking lot. Once again giving the screaming babe a mouth full of wubby. It didn't last. Fast forward 2 minutes and we are in another parking lot. She is screaming and pulling at her car seat straps like they are on fire. It being 98 degrees outside I began looking for a place to go and walk her 'til she passed out. Luckily we were in the parking lot of a Wet Pets. That place is AMAZING and I want a salt water tank now. But I digress. SO I should say that I don't take this bebe anywhere because I am a germophobe... One would not expect a Wet Pets to be a hoping place on a Tuesday at 5...one would be WRONG. About 5 minutes of giving people dirty looks because they kept looking at the baby or coughing near me and this mommy was outta there. Thank goodness fishys put the screaming baby to sleep. Back to the car we went and carefully I put her in the seat (this time the wubby was in the seat belt too ensuring it's safety in Squeaks mouth) and drove home. Another outing down! To all you parents whose babes love their seats... :-P

Growing Up Baby

Bryn is already changing so much. She has recently found out that she has the most awesome built in toy...her hands. She loves, loves, loves, to lick them and put them in her mouth. The whole fist! She has not figured out that there are separate fingers on them yet.
2 weeks ago Mommy figured out how to make the little Squeaks smile. We can't get enough of it. Last Saturday she laughed in her sleep. We were so excited! Then this morning at 5am she did it again. We cannot wait until we get to hear it when she is awake. She mastered drooling early and has been doing that for about a month. We are pretty sure that means the is ahead of the curve ; )
Thankfully she has mastered day vs. night. It took several weeks for it to stick and a lot of late night/ early morning walks down the hall. We have a ritual of a bath every other night and a baby massage with coconut organic oil. Yes I lather my baby up in cooking cream. Come to find out you can't lather them up in lotion every night so Mommy had to think outside the box and google alternative options. Coconut seemed like something I wouldn't mind smelling like- so bingo! She loves the taste so it's perfect for us. A warm bottle after a massage and usually you can count on the babe snoozing in her Daddy's lap 'til we pop that bottle in at 10:30 and settle in for the night.
We have been in the house since she was born and I have braved taking her out about 4 times (outside of the Dr.'s office visits). We are getting excited because the 2 month shots are in place and in 2 weeks we can take her out and about!

My New Job

So I have officially bypassed the teaching life and my job as a new mom is well on it's way. The beginning was false advertising. She was brand new and slept all day and was up a few times at night. I got showers, did laundry, ate without holding a baby, nothing too hard!
Enter baby at 3 weeks of age...has to be held all day. We are still mostly on our schedule of waking at 7am eating, playing and crashing at about 9am. Then at 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm we repeat the cycle. At 10:30pm we try to feed completely in the dark so that the little one doesn't wake up and gets a tummy full and crossing our fingers doesn't wake until 5am. Which I am happy to say has happened TWICE now! I do not get showers in unless Daddy occupies the Squeaks while Mommy showers at 7:30am. Only to be spit up on all day...why did I shower again?
I am absolutely so grateful that the hubby is all for Mommy staying home with babe! It is the most amazing job I could not get paid for ; )

The Babes 2 Month Checkup

The little one went in for her 2 month shots yesterday. It went as well as it could. She was weighed and measured and who knows where she gets it but this little one is long! She is 23 1/4 inches long putting her in the 83% percentile for her age group. She weighed in at 11 lbs 10 ounces- 59% percentile. As you can imagine she cried when she was poked 3 times in her lil thighs. Mommy quickly scooped her up and popped a bottle in her mouth and she quieted down. Poor thing. Nothing compared to her spinal tap!!
As you can imagine a long baby means she has definitely outgrown the newborn clothes and we are well into our 0-3 month outfits. Even some 3-6 month! I have begun drying her clothes on a clothes rack to hopefully prolong their life span. This crazy Mommy has to dry them inside because she does not like the smell of dried outside clothes :)